A Brief History of Scrotal Cooling

by Joshua Shoemake

Feb 19, 2014

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Snowballs Underwear makes sure you keep cool, but why is scrotal cooling so important for fertility? Male fertility is affected by the heat around the testicles and scrotal cooling can improve fertility by increasing both sperm quantity and quality, hence upping the chances of pregnancy.

Since the mid-60’s, scientists have been aware that scrotal cooling can improve male fertility, but no controlled tests were done until the mid-80’s, when the advantages of cooling were first clinically shown. By then, however, fertility had become a lucrative medical industry, and doctors found it in their interest to promote the most expensive treatments. Simpler, organic possibilities were dismissed despite an increasing number of studies confirming their effectiveness. Now we know that the testes of men with fertility problems tend to be naturally warmer by an average of

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over one degree Celsius, which is significant in this delicate science. We also know that if we can lower scrotal temperature on a consistent basis, fertility will improve.

In the 21st century, doctors can work miracles in laboratories. We’ve been in that lab ourselves, awestruck by the ingenuity of the specialists. But lab pregnancies are still just that: miracles.

Even more to the point, they are expensive miracles that fail to materialize more often than not. Costing up to $15,000 for each attempt, IVF is a longshot bet that we’re all willing to make anyway. But why go all-in with a shaky hand when there are a few more cards you can play?